A/N: Hello, this is my first Fanfiction, so please review and tell me what you think. All reviews are welcome good or bad. Also if you have anything you want to see in this tell me and I'll see if I can work it in somewhere. Hope you like it!
As Starship 15A2 left bug world, all of the rangers waved goodbye to their new friends. De mission was quite successful, we got de estúpido science officer back and we now have a new ranger.
Once the Starship was set on autopilot for headquarters, Taz left the control room and began the long journey through the many twisting corridors of 15A2, back to her room. Just outside the control room making out was February and Bug, blocking the only exit. Taz cleared her throat loudly but the new couple were completely oblivious to Taz's presence. She cleared her throat once more with no effect.
"Would jou idiota's get a room or at least get outta my way or I will hurt jou!" At this the couple sprang apart. Bug looked suitably embarrassed and February suppressing a giggle said "Oops!" Before grabbing Bug's claw and dragging him off down the corridor. Taz rolled her eyes as the sound of February's giggles drifted towards her and then set off again for her room.
The rest of Taz's journey back to her room was uneventful until she was in the corridor outside her room, which just so happened to be the same corridor in which Commander Up stayed. Taz was almost at her door, when she heard a soft click and then Up appeared from the room directly opposite her own. His face lit up instantly on seeing Taz, who scowled and continued towards her door. Not now, please dead God don't let him talk to me.
"Hey Taz! I haven't seen you since we were down on bug world, I was starting to think we had left you there," Up chuckled, grinning like a mad man, "Anyway, I thought we could go to the gym together to catch up and then we could go back to my room and watch The Karate Kid, you know like old times." Taz groaned inwardly, rolled her eyes and then reluctantly turned to face Up. Unable to think up a good enough excuse on the spot, Taz simply nodded and said "Si" while avoiding making eye contact with Up.
The starship's gym was relatively small, just big enough to hold all of the necessary equipment for ranger training in it. A few machines were scattered around the perimeter of the room – including a couple of treadmills, a punch bag and weights. The middle of the floor was cleared with a few matt's covering the floor for sparring practice. This was where Taz was, sizing up her opponent like she had done many times before. Up was much taller and larger than she was but Taz was faster and more agile and over the years she had learned to use this to her advantage. Up made a sharp punch in her direction, which Taz quickly dodged having already anticipated the move. The two rangers, the Commander and his Lieutenant, continued to circle each other trying to catch the other off guard – an almost impossible task for two people who had been around each other for as long as this pair had.
On deciding that no one was going to win, Taz and Up had decided to call it a draw and were now sitting beside the weights. Taz was working on her upper arm muscles while Up watched, cooling off.
"Everything worked out perfectly in the end, didn't it?" said Up.
"Huh?" Taz said momentarily distracted from her weight lifting.
"On bug world, I mean. We got February back, Megagirl didn't kill anyone and is happily married to Tootsie, that son of a bitch Junior is gone and Bug is a fine ranger. Not to mention us."
"What do jou mean us?" hissed Taz, her eyes narrowing to thin slits and her scowl becoming more refined.
"Well, I'm glad everything is back to the way it was before my, well you know…" Up said his voice fading as he said the last words. In response Taz abruptly got up and slammed the weights she was holding to the bench and stalked towards the entrance to the gym.
"What's wrong Taz?" said Up the concern evident in his voice.
"Headache," she snapped as the gym door slammed shut behind her.
Something seems off with her, she's been acting differently lately. It's her birthday next week, maybe I'll throw her a surprise party to cheer her up.
Back in her room Taz threw herself onto her bed, glad to finally be there. On her journey back from the gym she had encountered Krayonder who had tried to talk to her and ended up with a bloody nose and a black eye to look forward too. Taz might have felt just a little bit bad about what she had done if she was not so mad at Up. Jou may think everything is back to normal but I know better. It's only a matter of time before jou turn soft again. Taz sighed her anger quickly fading; she didn't mean to be so hard on Up, he was her best friend and had been since they had met at her quinceañera. It's almost ten years now. Taz's 25th birthday was approaching and she was not looking forward to it. The memories it brought back were not ones that Taz liked to dwell on for long.
Taz knew that Up wanted them to be more than friends having been told by various people over the years. February was the latest in the long line of people, who didn't let a day go past without informing Taz of this fact and offering to give her a makeover. Taz shuddered at the thought of a February makeover remembering the time when she convinced Specs that it would be a good idea. February's claimed that Specs looked 'fabulous' but in Taz's opinion the correct word was 'clown'. She had never been a girly sort of girl and didn't intent on becoming one anytime soon. Taz was viewed as one of the best rangers in the galactic league and she intended to keep it that way. Lost in her thoughts Taz eventually drifted off into a deep sleep.